Definition
a primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
Traditional renderings: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
Traditional renderings: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סוּג:
- ἀποστρέφωapostrephō“to turn away”54%
- ἀφίστημιaphistēmi“to leave”23%
- ἐκκλίνωekklinō“to turn from”8%
- μετατίθημιmetatithēmi“to transport”8%
- ἀπωθέωapōtheō“to reject”8%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
14 total
- Psalm 35:4יִסֹּ֣גוּ · be driven backMay those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalm 40:14יִסֹּ֣גוּ · be repelledMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 44:18נָס֣וֹג · turned backOur hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- Psalm 53:3סָג֮ · have turned awayAll have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Psalm 70:2יִסֹּ֣גוּ · be repelledMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 78:57וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּ · They turned backThey turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
- Psalm 80:18נָס֥וֹג · turn awayThen we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
- Psalm 129:5וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ · be turnedMay all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- Proverbs 14:14ס֣וּג · The backsliderThe backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Isaiah 42:17נָסֹ֤גוּ · will be turnedBut those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
- Isaiah 50:5נְסוּגֹֽתִי׃ · turnedThe Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
- Jeremiah 38:22נָסֹ֥גוּ · and they desertedAll the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
- Jeremiah 46:5נְסֹגִ֣ים · they are retreatingWhy am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
- Zephaniah 1:6הַנְּסוֹגִ֖ים · those who turn back…and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”